IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pekin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1979IN077022
  • User Pedon ID: 1979IN077022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Purdue
  • Lab Pedon # - JF7922
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 23251
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 38.7621944
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6363750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet north and 350 feet east of the center
  • State: Indiana
  • County: IN077—Jefferson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Villars and Struben
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2009
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pekin
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsin formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79221
    B1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79222
    B2T—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 35 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79223
    BX1—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # JF79224
    BX2—99 to 145 centimeters (39.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 35 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats; 3 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # JF79225
    C—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # JF79226